Table 3. HIV diagnoses and viral load level of participants (n = 278) of the Transmission Reduction Intervention Project (TRIP) in Athens, Greece, 2013–2015.
| All | Recent Seeds (RS) | Network of Recent Seeds | Control Seeds with Long-term HIV infection (LCS) | Network of Control Seeds with Long-term HIV infection | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 278 | 23 | 171 | 19 | 65 |
| HIV diagnoses (% of Total) | 150 (54%) | 23 (100%) | 71 (42%) | 19 (100%) | 37 (57%) |
| Recent/Borderline Recents (% of HIV diagnoses) | 45 (30%) | 23 (100%) | 19 (27%) | 0 | 3 (8%) |
| Median HIV load for HIV positives, log10 copies/ml (Interquartile Range) | 4.9 (3.2–5.7) | 5.4 (4.6–6.0) | 4.8 (3.1–5.6) | 5.1 (3.9–5.7) | 4.7 (1.8–5.3) |
| Median HIV load for Recent/Borderline Recents, log10 copies/ml (Interquartile Range) | 5.4 (4.6–6.0) | 5.4 (4.6–6.0) | 5.4 (4.8–5.8) | — | 5.8 (4.0–6.6) |
P-value was 0.03 for the comparison of the proportions of HIV diagnoses between seeds’ networks; P-value was 0.02 for the comparison of the proportions of recents among HIV-positives between seeds’ networks. The term network here refers to participants’ risk or social contacts who were eventually recruited and not to the entire sociometric network.